Mercer Board Hires Non Teaching Staff and Reviews Insurance
Mercer County Board of Education met in Princeton and employed 58 bus drivers with two hires planned, and janitors to be added in July. Insurance coverage totals seven million dollars, up 1.17 million from last term due to new buildings, with premiums estimated at 28 000 for next year. The panel also reviewed coal bids for 4000 tons and noted resignations of Betty Sue Bates Fred Bailey Nita Vermillion Garnett White and Bill Jones. Paula Bengert to teach English at Matoaka High and Robert ards to teach at Montcalm Junior High.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercer County Board of Education
Princeton
Pete Cooke
Mercer Board
Mercer County
Cooke
Eare
Betty Sue Bates
Fred Bailey
Nita Vermillion
Garnett White
Bill Jones
Paula Bengert
Engat Matoaka High
Robert Ards
Montcalm Junior High
Subway strike cripples vast city system as unions clash
A wildcat subway strike paralyzes New York lines from Coney Island to Astoria with 3,500 on overtime and 4,000 on relief shifts. The Motormen’s Benevolent Association fights for recognition against the APL-CIO Transport Workers Union while MB A aids strikers and transit supervisors train to run trains if needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Motormen's Benevolent Assn
Ind
Apl-Cio
Transport Power’ Workers Union
MBA
Transit Authority
Coney Island
BMT
Ace Island
Gwen
Long Island
Astoria
Cyram
Deaths and Funerals in Virginia and Nearby States
Multiple obituaries list Daisy Andes Neal 74 of Asberrys Virginia with service at Chatham Hill Union Church and burial at Ridgedale Cemetery. James Perry Hay 78 of Abingdon Virginia dies in hospital with funeral at Greendale Methodist Church and Lebanon Cemetery. Other notices include Carl Calfee 39 of Matoaka killed in Japan, Arthur Clay Scott of Pocahontas with service at Pocahontas Baptist Church, and Kanfada Deel 90 of Harmon Virginia with home service and Harman cemetery burial. Families named include Neals, Hays, Calfee, Scott, Deel, and Krept.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daisy Andes Neal
W. O. Neal
Stewart Neal
Asberrys
Stewart
Fred Neal
Chatham Hill
J. H. Andes
Roanoke
Chatham Hill Union Church
Wiley Neal
W. E. Mustard
David Hazelwood
Ridgedale
Henderson Funeral Home
James Perry Hay
Abingdon
John
Clincheo
Dan
Janey
Ira
Counts
Oakly
Willie
Bartley
W. Va
Dixie Counts
Johnson City
Tenn
Clara Yates
Kingsport
Savena Greer
Elizabethton
Straton
Cautle
Mirengo
Ohio
Clellon
Steinman
Lum
Millard
Montana
David Counts
Viola Ball
Bruce Edwards
Birchleaf
William Counts
Mirango
Greendale Methodist Church
Jack Kiser
Enoch Rose
Lebanon
Clintwood Funera Ee
Rt. 1
Jake McGlothlin
John Goodman
Cedar Bluff
Goodman
Tazewell Co
Linnie Blanker
Kelly
Carl
Grat
Seaboard
Hurst Scott Purseval
Richlands
Rr Smith
Eorcae
Cedar
Johnny Clevinger
Johnny Church
Carl Calfee
Matoaka
Japan
Sherjee Calfee
Jeraline Calfee
Connie Calfee
Seattle
Washington
Michael
Macie Gillespie
Springton
Arthur Clay Scott
Pocahontas
Pocahontas Baptist Church
N. R. Green
Rge
Bertie Bond
Stratus
Lee Williams
Leckie
Liza Scott
Bridgeton
N. J
George Scott
Cliffside
Helen Scott
Beckley
Carol Jean Scott
Reginald Scott
Freeman
Grover
Falls Mills
Talmadge
William Bogle
Bluewell
Mollie Keesling
Virginia Stream Yields Nude Body Identified
In Parcellville Virginia a nude body found in a northern Virginia stream is identified as Rae Jean Venable a 16 year old from Laurel Maryland. Police say she disappeared June 1 with friend Mary Elizabeth Fellers 18 of Beltsville Maryland. A second body found in the Potomac River near Brunswick Maryland is tentatively identified as Shelby Jean Wood. Police suspect foul play and say both bodies were found clothed or unclothed under water near creek banks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parcellville
Virgina
Maryland
Virginia
Rae Jean Venable
Laurel
Mary Elizabeth Fellers
Beltsville
Potomac River
Brunswick
Trooper Wood
Mame Jean
Creek
Loudoun County
US. 9
Wheatland
Shelby Jean
Eaborenan
Obituary notices from multiple Virginia and Indiana churches
Obituaries list Kelly W Blackburn 69 Gary Indiana interment Thorpe Cemetery Joanna Bee Bailey 77 Princeton interment Resthaven Memorial Park Margaret Rose former Bluefield Va resident interment Woodlawn Chapel pallbearers named H G Gillespie 83 Davy interment Lilydale Cemetery Ebenezer Burns 79 Wytheville interment Galilee Cemetery J Stuart Moore 80 Wytheville interment in pending Wytheville details include service times and locations for multiple deceased within one column
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Blackburn
Kelly W
Gary
Pentacostal Holiness Church
Gary No. 10
Rose
Margaret
Jin Chris Church
Bluefield
Woodlawn
Otek
T. Testerman
Edd Dillon
E. Phelps
Scott Blankenship
Ernest Bourne
Alfred Perdue
Fred Bailey
Phiegar Harris
Burns
Ebenezer
Wytheville
Porterfield-Minnick Funeral Chapel
Galilee Cemetery
Attendance Up At Waterford Park
Despite bad weather and competition from the rejuvenated Pittsburgh Pirates, betting and attendance at Waterford Park's 40 day meeting run ahead of last year. Daily parimutuel betting averages exceed 230000 dollars and attendance averages top 5000, both about 3 percent above last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester
W. Va
Pittsburgh Pirates
Waterford Park
Action Deferred In Federal Case Involving Johnson Theft
Judge Ben Moore deferred action in the federal case of Raymond E. Johnson Jr. of Sandoval Tl on an indictment charging him with driving a stolen car from Centralia Illinois to Bluefield. Johnson had pleaded guilty earlier in the Bluefield court. The pause follows a linked armed robbery investigation and a parole violation warrant filed in Charleston. Other defendants pleaded guilty or were continued for probation or further investigation as part of a larger bail and pretrial conference in Raleigh and Mingo counties.
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Ben Moore
Raymond E. Johnson Jr
Sandoval
Centralia
Ill
Bluefield
Johnson
U. S. District Court
Blue Pot
Keystone
Senneen
Federal Authoritt
Ashland
Federal Reformatory
U. S. Marshal's Office
Charleston
Paul Allen
Mingo County
Roy
Billy John James
Ell County
Donald R. Dillow
L Higgins
James H. Dillow
Blueseid
Revercomb Speaks At Flag Day Ceremonies
Charleston June 14 Republican U. S. Senate candidate Revercomb spoke at flag day ceremonies on the state capitol steps. He praised veterans, urged real aid for the wounded and their families, and cited servicemen killed or injured in battle. The event was sponsored by the Elks Lodge.
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Charleston
Chapman Revercomb
U. S. Senate
Redcoeus
The
Elks Lodge
Weather Outlook for Mid-Atlantic States This Weekend
Maryland shows partly cloudy skies with warm humid conditions and scattered afternoon and evening thunderstorms. Highs near 85 to 94 with similar Sunday trends. Virginia forecasts cloudiness on Friday with highs around 86 and widely scattered storms, then Saturday remains partly cloudy and humid with more showers. West Virginia experiences partly cloudy weather with highs near 86 to 99 and Friday thundershowers, followed by warm humid conditions and showers Saturday. Tennessee expects considerable cloudiness with scattered showers and thundershowers Friday and Saturday, limited temperature change.
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Maryland
Virginia
West Virginia
Tennessee
War Girl Kills Herself At Home
Mariene Hicks a 16 year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Jess Hicks of War killed herself at the family home yesterday around 4 pm. She had told her parents they would not see her again and shot herself through the heart with her father's pistol. Investigating officers Chief William Collins and Deputy Hubert Bellamy found no motive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mariene Hicks
Jess Hicks
War
William Collins
Hubert Bellamy
Pirates Halt Liberty Bridge Resurfacing During Home Stand
Pittsburgh Pirates stop opposition actions and halt a resurfacing job on Liberty Bridge. County officials decide the bridge project will wait until the Pirates finish their current home stand and connect with South Hills workers.
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Pittsburgh Pirates
Liberty Bridge
Pittsburgh
Bobby Bragan
Pitsburgh
Pirates
South Hills
Heavey
Jane Froman Divorces Burns In Nevada Court
Las Vegas June 14. The storybook marriage of singer Jane Froman ended in court when she divorced John Curtis Burn her second husband for desertion. The hearing lasted about five minutes in the judge's chambers. Both had been injured in a 1943 Pan American crash near Lisbon during a wartime tour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Las Vegas
Nev
Jane Proman
Portugal
John Curtis Burn
Miss Froman
Donald Miss Froman
Emilie Wanderer
Miss
Burn
Tagus River
Lisbon
Richardson New Post Commander Elected at Riley-West Post No 9
George Richardson III was chosen post commander at Riley-West Legion Post No 9 regular meeting attended by a large turnout. New officers include L R Coulling Jr 1st vice commander Lu W Page 2101 vice commander David Keesee chaplain J E Taylor treasurer and J E Patterson sergeant at arms. An executive committee at large will include Paige Wooldridge Paul Bailey and Herman Kitchener. Tommy E Jones of Charleston will install at the July meeting. The War Department will place a 37 millimeter anti tank gun trophy from the Bluefield post at the Memorial Recreation Center on a concrete base.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Richardson III
Riley-West Legion
Richardson
Angrist
Esaiel
L. R. Coulling Jr
Lu W. Page
David Keesee
West
J. E. Taylor
J. E. Patterson
Paige Wooldridge
Paul Bailey
Herman Kitchener
Com
Tommy E. Jones
Charleston
War Department
Bluefield
Memorial Recreation Center
Judge Wagner Delays Case as Jurors Excused to Monday
Judge Morton F. Wagner announced the Rigney against DeHart case is continued to the August term of court. Jurors are excused until Monday morning at 9 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morton F. Wagner
Rigney
DeHart
Sale Notice of Repossessed Vehicles in Virginia and West Virginia
Notice of sale of personal property under a conditional sales agreement. Winfred Justice of Swords Creek Virginia defaults. sale at Unique Motors in Tazewell Virginia. 1960s era details include a 1956 date and a 1991 Mercury Tudor Coupe repossession. sale to highest cash bidder at specified showroom and time. also notice from Commercial Credit Corporation in Bluefield West Virginia of public auction for a repossessed Mercury Tudor Coupe with details of motor number and sale conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winfred Justice
Swords Creek
Unique Motors, Inc
Tazewell
Noticf
Senegine
Don Clark Ford
Commercial Credit Corporation
Bluefield
W. Va
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Mercer Boe
Schick
Remington
Jack Bailey
Whis-Tv
Quevice of
Jackie
Charles Goren
Daily Telegraph
Goren
Jackie Oblinger
Hotel Matz
Philips
Mrs
Bill Shannon
Virginian Railway
Kegley
Mary Washington
Fredericksburg
Robert
Rhoda Little Shannon
Audra Reed
Harold
David
Milton
W. H
R. C
Eldrige Logan
Kanfada Deel
Harmon
C. H. Deel
Nicey Clevenger
Dick McClanahan
Maggie Deel
Harman
Henry
Whitesburg
Warman
Jimmie Deel
Tivis
Sgt
Dale
Cletus
Chicago
Set. Calfee
Ma‘toaka
United States Marine Corps
San Francisco
Carl T, Froe
Carl T. Froe
Wilcoe
Stevens Clinic
Welch
Mr. Froe
Argatha Barksdale
Zeola Brown
Linkford and Richardson
Gillespie
H. G
Davy
Saeger Church of God
Lilydale
Wyoming County
Revercomb
Steckler
Euro
T.V
P.J
Dacron
Federal ST
Pop
Alfred Land
Papa
Weather Bureau
Ees
Asheville
Boston
Jacksonville
Los Angeles
Minne St. Paul
New Orleans
New York
Richmond
St. Louis
War Girl
City & Coalfield
Bluefield Lodge
E. N Maynor
Carper
Secy
Jane Froman
Europe
Warlick
Wagner
White House
Oleo
Sayer’s
Kingan
Nice
Court House
Tazewell, VA
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